Other Interesting Distros, Part 7

brent

WetGeek but was occupied reading the new organization document,

i read it twice. lots going on there. Solus has its vision back.

WetGeek It was a good idea to look for me in the Sparky Linux forum

I just remember you reccing it on a former-admin tweet. lucky guess.

"As I tweeted a while ago, I looked around for a distro that was as much like Solus as possible, and Sparky Linux filled that requirement admirably."

For me it was Fedora Budgie. It is just like Solus Budgie when Solus Budgie was Solus Budgie if that makes sense. Fedora is simple. If I never have to do another Debian stripe in my lifetime I will be happy.

" When that does happen, I suspect I'll change back to Solus everywhere, but for now, I'm enjoying the newer distro and updated software."

As am I. Enjoying apps I didn't know existed. I hope Solus embraces a bigger cross-section of apps while not forcing it all to Snaps. baby steps.

It's nice to talk to you again @WetGeek. look forward to it again

WetGeek

brent For me it was Fedora Budgie. It is just like Solus Budgie when Solus Budgie was Solus Budgie if that makes sense. Fedora is simple.

Of all the distros that I examined in rrecent years, Fedora and Fedora-based distros were some of the best. In particular, I really liked Ultramarine Budgie. Fedora is small and fast, and makes for small and fast derivatives.

WetGeek

brent Solus has its vision back.

I noticed that there's been no mention of Beatrice from anyone. Do you know anything about that? Apparently she's no longer involved in any of the organization categories that have been listed, and that surprises me. She's been the only leader participating on Twitter, as recently as a few weeks ago.

seanragout

WetGeek Welcome back WetGeek! you have been the SOUL of the Solus forums, hope youre sticking around

WetGeek

seanragout hope youre sticking around

No worries, I don't plan to go anywhere. I'm still waiting for Solus to be updated before I return to using it as a daily driver, but now that the forum is available again, I'll be here often.

brent

WetGeek can't answer to much of that. if I had to guess it all became too much and she wanted out but whatever it is I'm sure it is private-ish. Good luck to her. If she has a continued role here in some form, then whatever will be will be. Will all come out eventually.

Saeden

WetGeek In case you hadn't seen it yet here is Beatrice's blog post. It was posted on the subreddit today. https://www.datadrake.com/blog/2023/04/19-solace-in-solus.html

brent

posted twice and can't delete one...kept getting the spinning flarum ball

WetGeek

brent posted twice and can't delete one...kept getting the spinning flarum ball

That's happened to me many times. I think it's because once someone else has accessed a post, flarum doesn't allow you to edit or remove it. That's a really stupid workflow, and I've noticed that it's the only forum I've used that works that way. Everywhere else, I'm able to fix typos, etc., without restriction. Not sure I've ever tried deleting an existing post, but I'd be surprised if that doesn't work as expected elsewhere.

saitam

On Beatrice's twitter account she wrote that a blog post can be expected tomorrow.

ReillyBrogan

A little birdie told me that the KDE stack might be being updated next week or the week after.

viyoriya

@brent @WetGeek thought you guys moved to windows 🙂

WetGeek

viyoriya thought you guys moved to windows

Can't speak for Brent, but the only Windows here is a VM running on my Linux server, and a little Dell that streams content to my TV. I've tried to use Linux to do that, but I can't find a wi-fi adapter that will work with Linux to access my 5 MHz wi-fi router. Anyway, I never leave Vivaldi on that machine, so I hardly notice it's using Windows

And I use the VM on my server to access the Windows-only editor for my P-Touch label maker. And only when I've finished canning something, and need a set of labels for the jars. That is truly the only other use I have for Windows. With those two exceptions, I'm Linux all the way. 😊

brent

viyoriya

WetGeek

WetGeek a little Dell that streams content to my TV

@tomscharbach ... That little Dell that streams to my TV is an Inspiron 3880. Its internal wi-fi has no problem connecting to 5.0 MHz wi-fi (with Windows), unlike the Optiplex with a dongle.

What do you think the chances are, if I replace Windows on that machine with Linux, it will still be able to connect at 5.0 MHz? I assume the Linux distro will have a driver for the wi-fi that will work, but it would be a PITA to replace Windows on it if Linux doesn't work.

What say ye? Should I chance it, or just stick with Windows?

viyoriya

brent Its not that bad I have to use it for work 🙁

Staudey

Great to see the gang back together again! 😸
(I'm spending my one free off-topic comment per month on this ^^)

viyoriya

Staudey Seems your bot is not working restart it again so it will like all the comments ...🙂

tomscharbach

WetGeek Assuming I found the right specs, the 3880 is equipped with either the Dual Band AC 3165 or the Dual Band AC 9260 adapter, and Intel's iwlwifi driver supports both the AC 3165 and AC 9260, so I don't see why it wouldn't work. I guess all you can do is try and see what happens.

murbert

WetGeek
Try with a bootable USB

stalebrim

WetGeek Welcome back.
Like Tom said the only definite way to know is to try. I assume it should work, especially as it's Intel and I haven't heard of 5GHz being an issue given the hardware supports it.

WetGeek

tomscharbach I guess all you can do is try and see what happens.

Thanks for ckecking that. I think I'll put up with Windows just until Solus is ready, because it doesn't appear to be that far away now, but it sure will be a happy day when I can treat that computer like all the others here.

It's good to hear from you again! I was hoping that the forum would be the first part of Solus to come online again.

brent

viyoriya I have to use it at work too. Makes me glad to get home

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